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national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 17:58 by Rab Fulton
 6 comments (last - saturday march 01, 2003 - 20:27)
Dear Friends as one of the original signatories to the irish Writers Against War letter to the Irish Times, I felt it was important to state what my views are vis-a-vis non violent direct action against the war. I completely support the tearing down of fences, and the decommissioning of aircraft carrying American troops. Hopefully my little poem will explain why. I'll be at Shannon tomorrow. Hope to see you all there. Cheers Rab Swannock Fulton ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 17:40 by redJaDe
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national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 17:34 by Naomi Klein
1 comment (last - saturday march 01, 2003 - 20:32)
The U.S. President is urging Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein. It's time to turn the domestic tables and -- voil! -- escalate the war against the war ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 17:29 by Hebe
3 comments (last - sunday march 02, 2003 - 04:50)
IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE - REPORT FROM MAGHABERRY Wednesday February 25, 2003 ---------------------- The situation at Maghaberry Prison is now as bad or worse than conditions were at Long Kesh before the hunger strikes of the 1980's. In addition, the prison is trying every method it can to break the prisoners' connection with their families through the fostering of a hostile and threatening visiting environment. Families with fathers or sons or husbands or brothers at Maghaberry must now bear the dual burden of enduring daily fears for the safety of their loved ones in prison; and the criminalization of their children and families as they are terrorized on visits to the prison. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 16:38 by retaliate
6 comments (last - thursday march 06, 2003 - 07:18)
We should retaliate and organise boycotts of all crap american products e.g. McDonalds etc etc would be one suggestion ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 16:24 by NVDA Supporter
10 comments (last - saturday march 01, 2003 - 20:47)
What is direct action? Direct action, to use Rudolf Rocker's words, is "every method of immediate warfare by the workers [or other sections of society] against their economic and political oppressors. Among these the outstanding are: the strike, in all its graduations from the simple wage struggle to the general strike; the boycott; sabotage in all its countless forms; [occupations and sit-down strikes;] anti-militarist propaganda, and in particularly critical cases,... armed resistance of the people for the protection of life and liberty." BEFORE SUPPORTING, CRITICISING OR JUST GETTING ALL CONFUSED ABOUT THE DIRECT ACTION AT SHANNON - Why not check out this article: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931/secJ2.html ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 15:10 by Brian Cahill
15 comments (last - monday march 03, 2003 - 16:10)
The Communications Workers Union in Britain has passed a motion agreeing to campaign for its members to take action on the day of an attack on Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 14:21 by BD
33 comments (last - monday march 03, 2003 - 14:38)
GREENS & LABOUR DISTANCE THEMSLEVES FROM MAR 1 ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 14:12 by ipsiphi
1 comment (last - saturday march 01, 2003 - 20:56)
The leaders of the Axis have all met the Pontiff John Paul 2 this week at the begining of the Christian period of Lent. The catholic leaders received customary rosary beads, the protestant leader Blair married to a catholic whose children attended the R.Catholic Oratory school spent the longest period in strictly private discussion with the Pope. Activists of Europe have chosen to mark this time with continuing carnival against War. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 13:39 by Sean
25 comments (last - sunday march 02, 2003 - 22:05)
A few points as to why no-one should pull down fences tomorrow ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 13:23 by Dave D
1 comment (last - saturday march 01, 2003 - 20:58)
Green TD John Gormley today missed his chance to speak at a meeting of the Convention on the Future of Europe being held in Brussels. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 13:21 by Joe
13 comments (last - sunday march 02, 2003 - 19:02)
RTE midday news has reported that Labour, Sinn Fein and the Green Party are telling their members not to attend tomorrows direct action at Shannon. Despite the fact that EVERYONE involved in organising the protest has said that it will be non-violent these parties are inventing a threat of violence to try and scare people away. Don't fall for this dishonest rubbish. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 12:33 by Ray
12 comments (last - friday february 28, 2003 - 16:48)
There are plenty of groups and individuals in the anti-war movement who are opposed to direct action as a general principle. They think protests should always stay within the law, and aim to change the minds of government ministers through sheer numbers. Fair enough, that's their position. But what about the other groups, that say they do favour direct action? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 12:17 by Angela McGee
9 comments (last - saturday march 01, 2003 - 01:19)
There is a threat of war and the deaths of innocent people. Some believe that tearing down the fence on Saturday will do more than a mass movement - that is their right to believe that. Personally I believe that it has been spelt out enough for people to know that violence is not part of the plan and I really do hope it works. However, knowing that there will be a massive security presence there, can anyone supply an update for what is going to happen if people cannot get near the fence. As it stands the plan seems very well organised but doesn't mention the possibility of there being a line of gardai before the fence. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 09:34 by path in exile
27 comments (last - monday march 03, 2003 - 16:01)
Richard Boyd Barrett interviewed on RTE's Morning Ireland about 45 mins ago. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 08:03 by Peace_Lass
Feb 15 No-War video sets great photos to wonderful music. Well worth the 23 meg download... http://66.224.33.130/data/no-war.wmv ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 01:08 by Jim Costello
3 comments (last - friday february 28, 2003 - 12:56)
The Institute for Policy Studies has published a report analyzing the relationship between the US and the nations of the Security Council and those in Bush's non-UN coalition. They examine for each country economic, political and military leverage. They conclude that it is not a 'coalition of the willing'. They find evidence of coercion, of bullying and bribery. And all of these govts. are opposed to their own people. These bribed nations represent barely a tenth of the worlds population. Far more impressive are those nations that have stood up to the US bully tactics. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 28, 2003 - 01:07 by Cavan KingDom
1 comment (last - friday february 28, 2003 - 02:58)
Grim times indeed. The papers and TV are full of bad news, suffering and reports of poverty, war, terrorism and pollution. It would make you want to tune out or get out (of your head). Still, I have tried these options and they don’t work. - Ignorance ain’t bliss. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 27, 2003 - 22:39 by Phuq Hedd
The two linked articles taken together suggest that rather than completely giving up on mainstream media we should make it hard for them to tell half-truths. One is written by the organizer of MediaLens about a success story in this regard and the other is about the "Press the Press" campaign which aims to force mainstream media to address anti-establishment views ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 27, 2003 - 21:11 by E. Commins
8 comments (last - saturday september 20, 2003 - 16:43)
On March 8th this year John Lonergan will be 35 years in prison. For 20 of those years he has been Governor of Mountjoy, Ireland’s largest prison. ... read full story / add a comment |
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